The Willows State School

Congratulations to all of our school bands and orchestras who performed outstandingly well at instrumental fanfare.
Well done Willows !

Beginner Strings gold award
String Orchestra gold award
Senior Concert Band silver award
Junior Concert Band silver award
Chamber Strings silver award

Don’t forget our Music and Arts Gala next Wednesday at 4.30 pm in TCBC
All instrumental and Choir students are performing. It will be a great afternoon!

🌟National Simultaneous Storytime 2026🌟

Today, many of our classes engaged in the reading of Luna Roo as part of National Simultaneous Storytime. Students across Australia read the same story at the same time today and Luna Roo was a huge hit!

We have been preparing for this event for weeks in the library and we celebrated at 2nd break with another reading from the authors of Luna Roo and a super fun scavenger hunt!

🌟Under 8’s Day🌟

🎉This afternoon, we held our annual Under 8’s Day to celebrate learning in the early years.

🤩We all had so much fun and really appreciated all of the special visitors who joined us for the celebrations. Look at our big happy smiles!

🌱 Exciting news for our school garden program! 🌱

We are proud to share that our school was successful in receiving support through the Seeds to Success initiative by the Townsville City Council.

Seeds to Success supports primary school students to connect with nature through practical learning experiences in sustainable gardening and growing local food while reducing food waste.

Through this initiative, our students will have even more opportunities to develop hands-on skills in gardening, sustainability and caring for the environment.

We are so excited to continue growing our school garden and providing meaningful learning experiences for our students. 🌿🍅🥬

A huge thank you to Townsville City Council for supporting schools and helping students grow, learn and thrive!

We thank all of our staff students and families who supported our Anzac assembly and participated in the Thuringowa March.

Lest we forget

🌟The Willows Warriors Pre-Prep Transition Program🌟

📖The Very Hungry Caterpillar 🐛 was our book at Warriors this week. Ms Tannock read it to us. 📗 It is a beautiful picture book about a tiny caterpillar 🐛 that hatches from an egg 🥚 and eats through lots of food over one week. 🍎🍐 🍑 🍓🍊 🍰 🍧 🥒 🧀 🥓 🍭 🥧🌭🧁🍉 ...... 🍃 After growing large and suffering a stomach ache 🤢, he spins a cocoon and turns into a beautiful butterfly 🦋 💙.

😀We had lots of fun making cute caterpillars 🐛and beautiful butterflies 🦋 in our room. We also welcomed a new little friend👦!

🫶We are learning so much at Warriors!

See you all next week.

ANZAC DAY ASSEMBLY
FRIDAY 24TH APRIL 2026
All students and parents are invited to attend the Anzac Day Assembly
starting at 9.30am in TCBC

🎤Choral Workshop 🎤

Twenty-two of our Year 5 and 6 Senior Choir students recently joined 153 students from local Townsville state primary schools for an incredible combined choir performance, led by guest conductor Kylie Los from Brisbane.

In just three short, very fun-filled days, they learnt six songs from memory and performed in both the Advanced and Massed Choirs. It was a fantastic and engaging experience—full of energy, new friendships, and growth in their singing skills.

They performed beautifully at the final concert, and we couldn’t be more proud of their effort and enthusiasm.